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Structure transformation from Sierpiński triangles to chains assisted by CO and CO2 molecules

This study is led by Prof. Yongfeng Wang, Prof. Shimin Hou, Dr. Yajie Zhang (School of Electronics, Peking University) and Prof. Richard Berndt (Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, ...
Nature

A columnar liquid quasicrystal with a honeycomb structure that consists of triangular, square and trapezoidal cells

Quasicrystals are intriguing structures that have long-range positional correlations but no periodicity in real space, and typically with rotational symmetries that are ‘forbidden’ in conventional ...
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Emergence of fractal geometries in the evolution of a metabolic enzyme

Fractals are repeating patterns in which substructures at smaller scales resemble structures at larger scales 1. These shapes are fascinating because they can be constructed using simple mathematical ...
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Structure transformation from Sierpiński triangles to chains assisted by CO and CO2 molecules (IMAGE)

C3PC molecules and Fe atoms formed Sierpiński triangles on Au(111) through three-fold coordination interactions. After dosing CO molecule, the stable coordination Fe(C3PC)3 motifs changed to Fe(C3PC)4 ...